OFFICE OF ?‘HE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Decrrslrr opinllm xo. o-5188
An almndlu6nt to
latterir a draft of the pro-
The propoucrdamendsent
if?& &@AM ~kUdC6IU?bip I we 2
th6 Wii6, 0m6d or Olalffiedby hex befor
nmrri~6, aad thnt aoquiredaftaward by
gift, 66V166 OX'de6OMt, ah6llb6 h6r sOpa-
rate property*and lrrs shall. bs paesed moss
olaarlyd6fdlQ th6 rlght!?.Ofthe wife,
in rsl6tfQnas~w611to her s6p6rat.6 property
ad that h6lb in OopIllOnwith h6r bU6bmn4,
Iawa shall6180 be paaad proridingfor the
I'6gi0t~tiOll Of th6 Wir6'iI06p6lVlt6 prOpUty.*
In kWpkIg with the mIknd6t6
Of th6 nbOt6 qUQt6d
86otlonor the ContitLtutlonwith r6fer6ao6to commualty. property,
the L##gisktUre W this State Wl6Ot6dWh6t 16 now Article 4619,
Revlnd 01~11 Stetntee,whlohreads:
"Sob. 1. All pkoperty6oquimd by sither the
husbandot'wtfet!tlring.~66XTiage, OX?6pt,that
whlah 1s the 8ciparat6property of 6lther,. ehall
be @xiaM the omreqn prOp6rty of the Inmbd#
and -8; +%I all?khs'~f6atrv@iQh:th6hwWul
4tna.td.e porros~~atthstS86 tl$qmace ~gay
be Qln6~lved~6ball b6 rsgudad aa oomon 6ffeeta
~eslthzJ bo utltiaMm?SJs
Hon. Callas iilsnken5hip - agil 3
ildt6 r66idOd, if the husbhnd ~6% a aonkid6nt
‘of t&la State at the tina of dicappcarancs, or
'Of any oounty
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the oommunlty
in
__ _whiph
proqs'ty
or part therooTid in whioh petition
situated
:th6 wife ahall set forth the facts'%ntitllng
:hU tQ aOlStlO1, hiWigS, aLld di%pO%8 Or the OOa-
~runity property under the prmldons of this
:iirtlalr.
i’*&30. 8, Mt6r the fiU.ng of said petition ths
:Judg6 OS said oourt ehall 56t tbc 56~6 Eon for
h6arin5, either in'tqa U&e or vacotioa.
j”s60. 4. Wotfce at thn riling of said patdtion
.andthe date sst fox .thohsarizg thclreon ah511
;bs iaaucdby the olerk of thci oourt Zn rrhioh the
titian is filed .e?ldth6 saw shall be publi5$.6:.ed
simc mmspap5r.oi, aa6ra~~oiroalation pub-
ia ths countyPn.wbIohtbc petitionS%
{fiilad, if there be
a noimpa~.:..pub~ehed in said
toowty, but 'ifnot
#en in thq..htareat county
whus a newspaper bi genual alreu&tion Is pub-
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We tirrrtof tihiohpablioatixmns shall be not
ilrss than ten daye pr$or to mob date sit Sor :
jsuahhr%rring.
.heo. 5. ftj upon the pearl~ugof mild~pC;titim,
&ha Ju&gs shall be ,%atgsti8a
that.thberaots
j%lleg%dthereinare tnts, and that tiota ex.Xst
#leh entltlethe uila.to Cgntml, 5wm&1 a&?l
diUp056 O? $h6 OOimRWity pl't3pUtf' UnbU the
$y?OYi~10I~ Of-96otiOn 1 of tois Act, he ahall
MU~c,hi% ordor.fiPd.irQ and wtflmg out suob toot%,
landtheroarterthe ~12s shall hare the ~mn6 pow6rs
year the ocammnity properly aa ar6 oonlermd by
:16N upon the hu%baUd, until the hwzbandshall
$%VS returnsdt0 tha Wif6, and Until 6%th6S.t'h*
jkusband or Wff6 5imll make arid f116 tCr XeOOrd
:lfothe of?lee of the ooimtyolerk oilthe county
&a which eel& pstftionwea filed, his or her
. ‘affidavit stetingthe fact of suoh return. Sal4
.afii&avit shall be moor&%4 in the deed raaords
;Qf tltdd OOUntjy BIid may t6 r5Oi2~%6~& in th0 dM!d
lraeorda of othss ootmtiers In which the property
of said~Oo.sautity @tats nmy bs rS.tuatad.*
The laterpntatlonof thi provir%onai ti&8 statute
with retertmoeto the controland dlrporitionor oomsunity
propertymay he round in th6 r02i0dog cases,stone v',
;pokg30~~105Tex. ZfB5,210 6. 1. 955% Itcore
0, Xooten,255
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is our opinionthat the prop06134
It oonetlt\;tional
anmadmentwould .ooafliot
with the provioionbi the present
oomunity propertyrlghta atatuto with respsotto the control
8nd aisp08iti0n or comaunIty proparty. t-h02-4c0fd, porn.
questionis anewsred In the atrlmativs.
VZewlah it understood that thfa opinion fc ad-
dressed to the speolffc qusafion askad ati ia to be so aon-
atrued.
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